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Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead
Legal > Housing

Moving from a Nursing Home to Community Housing Under Olmstead

By Henry Bennett
...often don't know these rights exist or how to exercise them. The Olmstead decision and programs like...how to exercise them. The Olmstead decision and programs like Money Follows the Person provide pathways...understanding what the law requires, how support programs work, and what steps families must take to initiate...
Making Exercise Stick at Home: Therapy-Backed Activities That Fit Real Family Life
Health > Exercise

Making Exercise Stick at Home: Therapy-Backed Activities That Fit Real Family Life

By Emma Turner
...packet at the end of the session. Six exercises, illustrated. "Try to do these at...up. Families who succeed with home exercise programs don't do more activities...Families who succeed with home exercise programs don't do more activities at once....another. Your therapist gave you six exercises because those are the six things...
Adaptive Sports and Fitness for Children with Disabilities: Where to Start and How to Succeed
Health > Exercise

Adaptive Sports and Fitness for Children with Disabilities: Where to Start and How to Succeed

By Emma Turner
...less clear. Most parents get stuck at the research phase. They search for programs, read about benefits, and bookmark resources, but the gap between interest...there. Start with the Preparticipation Physical Exam. Before you contact any program, before you buy equipment, before you commit to a schedule, your child...
The Activity Gap: Why Kids with Disabilities Exercise Far Less, and What Families Can Do
Health > Exercise

The Activity Gap: Why Kids with Disabilities Exercise Far Less, and What Families Can Do

By Emma Turner
...visible piece, but rarely the only one. Most mainstream gyms and recreation programs aren't designed with sensory sensitivities, mobility differences, or communication...experiences, and families stop suggesting it. Getting to specialized adaptive programs adds another layer. When they exist at all, they often require consistent...
Yoga for People with Disabilities
Health > Exercise

Yoga for People with Disabilities

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...special needs. These activities improve mobility, strength, and digestion for individuals with disabilities like cerebral palsy. The success of yoga programs is catching the attention of parents, caregivers, and medical professionals. Parents and caregivers of individuals with special needs understand the...
Is Karate in Your Child's IEP?
Education > Accommodations

Is Karate in Your Child's IEP?

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...afterschool enrichment programs last month and now I'd...discuss curriculum based programs that may be included...discussed; enrichment programs are a great way to introduce...the key to a successful program is consistency and structure;...many benefits a strong program can bring to your child...children can benefit from a program included in their IEP!...
7 Things You MUST Know About Fitness & Autism
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum

7 Things You MUST Know About Fitness & Autism

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...integration of quality fitness and exercise programs for gyms, clinics,...quality fitness and exercise programs for gyms, clinics, home, and...limited. Creating fitness programs for the autism population,...skills and self-esteem. A program should be appropriate, meaning...sports! Many adaptive PE programs try to emulate or copy the...
A Study of Cognitive Skills and the Brain
Research > Brain Science

A Study of Cognitive Skills and the Brain

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...cognitive skills training programs have become commercially...available. Often, these programs will offer some type...regime of cognitive exercises designed to strengthen...Similar to athletic exercise, the success of cognitive...cognitive skills training programs relates to the effort...cognitive skills training programs on cognitive skill level....
Your Child's PT Home Exercise Program: How to Practice Between Sessions and See Results
Therapies > Physical

Your Child's PT Home Exercise Program: How to Practice Between Sessions and See Results

By Grace Lewis
...hands you a packet of exercises at the end of the...it. What a PT Home Exercise Program Should Include....PT Home Exercise Program Should Include. A...Include. A usable home exercise program gives you...usable home exercise program gives you enough detail...to replicate the exercise without guessing....this means," the program isn't complete, and...
Swimming and Aquatic Therapy: Why Water Works for Children with Special Needs
Health > Exercise

Swimming and Aquatic Therapy: Why Water Works for Children with Special Needs

By Emma Turner
Many parents arrive at aquatic therapy after working through a list of exercises that didn't fit. Gymnastics moved too fast. Group fitness classes had too...developmental disabilities, the aquatic environment offers something land-based exercise cannot: a medium that reduces the physical demands of movement while increasing...
Speech-Based Activities for Kids with Apraxia
Therapies > Speech

Speech-Based Activities for Kids with Apraxia

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
..."golden rules" in working with your child with CAS: Have your child repeat, repeat, repeat! Movement repetitions build strong motor planning/programming/gestures. Can you say that again? Provide lots of opportunities throughout the day to get your child to talk or vocalize–about anything. Your...
Physical Therapy
Therapies > Physical

Physical Therapy

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...strengths and abilities. A therapy program will focus on improving the...mobility skills, strengthening exercises or stretching exercises, teaching...strengthening exercises or stretching exercises, teaching your family about...the most appropriate therapy program for each individual patient....include them in the therapy program, as many therapy activities...

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